Keep up with ever changing legal requirements in this timely session, which will review the latest developments in school law at the state and federal levels, including new legislation, recent case law, revised regulations and current guidance.  Topics to be addressed will include protecting the health and safety of students and staff, bullying, student speech...

Just School. Just Growth: The Path to Student Agency Just:  /jəst/ adjective based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair. All  learning is social and emotional, but to truly thrive, students require  equitable and trauma-informed learning spaces.  Equity, Trauma-informed and SEL work as instrumental to reducing toxic stress and creating safe,...

In this four-part interactive workshop series, participants will reflect on their habits and mindsets to identify those that hinder or help productivity and peace. This workshop has three objectives: 1) identify current goals and challenges as adult learners, 2) use the stages of the self-regulated learning cycle to develop greater self-awareness of your learning processes,...

New Jersey's Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights are among the most comprehensive bullying prevention laws in the nation.  Learn about recent developments, including recent legislation, guidance and case law.  Topics to be addressed will include how to address student behavior off school grounds in light of a recent U.S..Supreme Court decision, key aspects of conducting effective...

Just School. Just Growth: The Path to Student Agency  Just:  /jəst/ adjective based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair. All  learning is social and emotional, but to truly thrive, students require  equitable and trauma-informed learning spaces.  Equity, Trauma-informed and SEL work as instrumental to reducing toxic stress and creating safe,...

Less is more! We don’t need a different mentor text for each different strategy we teach. By curating and using a small set of texts, we can feel prepared for almost infinite teaching opportunities. This session will provide explicit examples for how to use a “short stack” of layered, multimodal texts time and time again...

  Emergent and early readers benefit from a variety of experiences including those that focus on oral comprehension, phonemic awareness, and phonics. We’ll explore practices, routines, and strategies for supporting beginning readers that foster joy and skill development. Audience: All Grades K-3 Teachers, Co-Teachers, Administrators, Coaches and Teacher Leaders Presenter(s): Dr. Gravity Goldberg, Literacy Alliance Co-Founder...

We do not always think of grammar as lively and energetic! But… it can be! The playfulness and craft of grammar brings meaning to composed words. Let’s explore contextualized learning experiences that go beyond rote, worksheet and workbook-styled tasks. When language learning is authentic and infuses inquiry, students build knowledge and are better prepared to...

By studying what other authors do we can bring new ideas into our own writing and our teaching. The moves an author makes are purposeful and intentional. We’ll share ways to help students study authors’ craft and then try it out in their own pieces. Participants will leave with ideas to try out across the...